I've had a Nexus Player for a while now, and just ordered an Nvidia Shield (arriving Friday EEEEEEEEEE!!).
When I get it I'd like to try to set it up with Kodi or SPMC as the launcher. I don't want autostart. I want Kodi to be the actual launcher where the home button returns to Kodi, etc.
I've read that there have been two ways to do this:
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ADB commands, although from what I've seen this no longer works with Nougat.
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Root.
I don't want to root, because of Netflix recently locking out Netflix access of rooted devices.
What is my best option for achieving what I'd like to do? Is my understanding that the ADB method no longer works on Nougat correct? Am I able to downgrade to Marshmallow? Would there be any downsides to doing so?
Any advice in this regard would be appreciated.
I feel like I read somewhere there was an app that allowed you to force the shield to launch an app of your choosing on start up and wake.
Otherwise what I'm doing personally is just going to move plex (my go to app) to the top of the new home screen with Android O. Sorry I couldn't be more help.